Muddypaws, receiving a seed can make your day! It means someone learned from your post, liked a photo, or got a chuckle. Frank was definitely in...
Muddypaws, I hope you have a great trading season with fellow Stewies. I have some seeds to give outright, or swap, and I'll post them as soon as...
My husband's bee supplies come packaged with an off-white paper that is the texture and consistency of a brown paper bag. I iron it (okay, okay,...
If your cats like to snack on greenery, the only thing that will deter them is either surrounding your herbs with something prickly, like rose...
Yesterday I pulled a few remaining weeds out of the garlic bed and threw a gardencart full of compost on it. My garlic will be planted in about...
Is it a praying mantis egg pod? Looks like one to me.
Isn't it nice when shops/nurseries/any commercial establishment has good customer service? It makes you feel that you are valued as a customer AND...
The list of herbs you've been given are great, and you'll enjoy using them all. I'd add chives, which are easily grown and harvested a bit at a...
Welcome to the forum! You are so very smart to get started gardening now. It's an interest that will serve you well for years and never grow dull.
Who is better for a garden, an argiope spider (orb weaver,gardener's friend) with its zig-zag web, or a lovely praying mantis with its appetite...
I'm a fresh air fan (my husband says "fanatic") so we have windows open when everyone else is snugly tucked in. We have a wood stove that I fire...
Obviously, you were cooking the breakfast of champions!
I'd start the roses in pots, with a 50/50 mix of perlite and vermiculite, and the freshly cut ends of the rose cuttings dipped in a rooting...
The polystyrene cover could trap dampness in case of a thaw. Mulching well around the base of Nicole, and then heaping leaves over her ought to be...
Yes, Dooley, there is rain! I'm so glad you got some, and hope you get more. We woke up last night to the sound of rain on the roof! We had...
Donna, I've received 6' canes of roses, and made multiple cuttings from the one cane. It is necessary to have leaves. I don't know if you are...
Sad for us--we'll miss you for the next 10 days. Not so sad for you--Hawaii isn't exactly the worst spot to spend some time. In recompense for...
KK, tomatoes are creepers (they are actually called "tomato vines" in many old catalogs). Supporting them keeps the fruit off the ground--cleaner,...
Well, you just solved a problem for me! We have lots of those stashed in the bathroom (our dentist is big on giving out freebies) and I had never...
Hello, and welcome to the forum! I love to hear from our UK members--their gardens are so different from ours here in Texas. Get well so you can...
